News & Events

Don't forget the musical performance by Matthew Gurnsey at the library on Sunday, April 14 at 1:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Niobrara County Library Foundation.

"Wreck-It-Ralph" will be the Early Release movie on Wednesday, April 17 at 1:45 p.m. The film is rated PG and 101 minutes; the library will provide popcorn - be sure to bring your own drink.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will be available on Friday, May 3! Call the library at 307-334-3490 or members: Kristine Groh, 307-216-0326; Leslie Hammond, 307-334-2534; and Lisa Pischel, 307-340-0471 to place your order and be assured that there will be doughnuts for you. Ordering ahead is recommended as there are not generally many extras. This is a fundraiser for Wyoming Public Library Endowment Challenge program. Each dollar raised is matched by $3 through the State of Wyoming.

Have you been looking for a book or perhaps another item, but it's not held locally? Don't forget about interlibrary loan - this free service allows us to borrow books from all of Wyoming's libraries as well as participants throughout the United States and even worldwide. Ask today! Interlibrary loan literally makes your small hometown library very, very large.

A new suspense book is "The Boyfriend" by Thomas Perry. Jack Till, an LAPD homicide detective, is now working as a private investigator. The parents of a recently murdered young woman ask for his help when the police come up empty. Till reluctantly takes the case. He discovers that the victim is one of several young female escorts killed in different cities in the same manner. Till must risk his own life to find this ruthless killer whose murderous spree masks a far deadlier agenda.

Other new fiction books are "Bad Blood" by Dana Stabenow, "Speaking from Among the Bones" by Alan Bradley, "Trinity Rising" by Elspeth Cooper, "One Through the Heart" by Kirk Russell, "Swept Away" by Mary Connealy, "A Thousand Pardons" by Jonathan Dee, "Truth-stained Lies" by Terri Blackstock and "Bloodfire Quest" by Terry Brooks. New titles in the young adult section are "Scarlet" by Marissa Meyer and "Pulse" by Patrick Carman.

"The Girls of Atomic City: the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II" by Denise Kiernan joins "Damned Few: Making the Modern Seal Warrior" by Rorke Denver on the non-fiction shelf as well as "The Cat Whisperer: Why Cats Do What They Do - and How To Get Them To Do What You Want" by Mieshelle Nagelschneider.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children's Library has these new titles "The Colossus Rises" by Peter Lerangis, "Hattie Ever After" by Kirby Larson and "Saige" by Jessi Haas. New easy books include "Tools of the Trade" by Jodi Huelin, "Reptile Rampage" by Katharine Turner and "Nora's Chicks" by Patricia MacLachlan.